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Reviewer: SilkTork ( talk · contribs) 23:58, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
I'll start reading over the next few days and then begin to make comments. I am normally a slow reviewer - if that is likely to be a problem, please let me know as soon as possible. I tend to directly do copy-editing and minor improvements as I'm reading the article rather than list them here; if there is a lot of copy-editing to be done I may suggest getting a copy-editor (on the basis that a fresh set of eyes is helpful). Anything more significant than minor improvements I will raise here. I see the reviewer's role as collaborative and collegiate, so I welcome discussion regarding interpretation of the criteria.
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OK. I don't know who else to suggest. The article needs more than a simple copy edit, it needs a complete rewrite to make the issues clearer - Eric Corbett could have done that. I can see that you fully understand the topic, and are an appropriate person to bring knowledge to the article; what is needed, however, is someone skilled in communication and with a good command of the English language, who also has an affinity or interest in the topic and is prepared to work with you. Unless you have a solution in mind, I will close this review in the next 24 hours. When the language and clarity issues have been resolved you can nominate again. SilkTork ✔Tea time 15:10, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
A user by the name of Beshogur edited the Wikipedia for the ancient nomadic peoples the Bulgars
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgars
Bulgars are seen as the historical ancestors who gave birth to the ethnic Genesis of the Bulgarian people
There is a long debate on their origins if they were Turkic, Iranic, or of other origins and as these debates rage the account know as Beshogur edited the page with malicious nationalist intentions
It used to say “not to be confused with Bulgarians” but now it says “not to be confused with Bulgarian turks”
He intentionally edited this page to put his thumb in the eye of Bulgarian history and to appropriate it as Turkish
Truth is the average ethnic Turkish person is not even 10-20% of Turkic heritage
By adding “not to be confused with Bulgarian turks” it undermines Bulgarian history and heritage in a big way
Just look at this persons account
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Beshogur
It doesn’t take much digging to see this person is a Turkish nationalist set on twisting history
I deeply encourage Wikipedia to return it to “not to be confused with Bulgarians” and removed “Bulgarian turks” from the top banner
This is an insurance to Bulgarian history and heritage
I do not blame Wikipedia however this one bad egg deserves his moderator status revoked immediately!!! He is abusing for nationalistic purposes !!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ss84325 ( talk • contribs) 06:06, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
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This guy Beshogur is a real vandal and Turkic nationalist, this is clear. Tries to keep page filled with inaccuracies, unsubstantiated claims. The article is not Bulgar oriented, but Turkic people oriented. MiltenR ( talk) 15:58, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
Greetings,
I've been reading the discussion page about the Bulgars article and I noticed that editors tend to discredit any sources which are in opposition to the Turkic hypothesis (or in favor of the Sarmatian one) as unreliable purely on the basis that they're from Bulgarian authors. When an editor asks for reliable sources in English, "non-Bulgarian" is always a requirement, which I think implies that contemporary Bulgarian academia are all extreme nationalists who are writing out of "anti-Turkish sentiment", thus making them unreliable or incompetent. I find this completely false (not to mention offensive), for the following reasons:
1.the Sarmatian/Iranian hypothesis exists long before the 90's - Russian historian Nikolai Marr was one of the first to propose a Sarmatian origin of the Bulgars in the early 20th century. Veselin Beshevliev wrote an article Iranian elements in the Proto-Bulgarians way back in 1967, where he concludes that all personal names from the Nominalia of the Bulgarian Khans are of Iranian origin and that this significant cultural influence has to be taken into consideration when determining Bulgar ethnogenesis.
2. the Turkic hypothesis was the official narrative about the Bulgars origin at the time of the Revival process and under Communist regime. So linking the Sarmatian/Iranian hypotheses of the 1990's with "anti-Turkish sentiments" and the Revival process in particular is simply absurd. Yes, there are many fringe theories in post-socialist Bulgaria which are nationalistic myths in their nature, such as the Bactrian hypothesis of P. Dobrev and the autochthonous hypothesis, but they emerge as a result of pluralism after the fall of old regime and cannot be linked to the Revival process when the Turkic theory was dominant.
I would also like to point out something else - when talking about "reliable sources", I think its ridiculous to refer to the Oxford's or some others Dictionary of World history as they are not historical/archeological research, but as dictionaries they themselves refer to previous research done mainly by Bulgarian historians such as Veselin Beshevliev (the first one to identify Bulgar inscriptions as Turkic), Vasil Zlatarski, Vasil Gyuzelev and others. Simply discrediting modern Bulgarian research made by serious academia as "nationalistic myths" or "anti-Turkish sentiments" without looking into the evidence itself is just lazy, anti-scientific and perhaps biased.
So, all that being said, I kindly ask the editors to review the sources below and finally do a fair edit on the Bulgars article as to represent the Scytho-Sarmatian hypothesis equally to the Turkic one. "Turkic semi-nomadic" has to be replaced with just "semi-nomadic". Britannica already edited their entry on the Bulgars in light of recent findings, so there's no reason for Wikipedia not to do the same. The fact that there is still an ongoing debate about the Bulgar origins amongst serious academia should be reason enough to edit the article, so I'm just appalled by the stubbornness of the editors here.
Mitochondrial DNA Suggests a Western Eurasian origin for Ancient (Proto-) Bulgarians - https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/194728109.pdf
Genetic evidence suggests relationship between contemporary Bulgarian population and Iron Age steppe dwellers from Pontic-Caspian steppe - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/687384v3.full
Archaeological and genetic data suggest Ciscaucasian origin for the Proto-Bulgarians https://www.academia.edu/43735252/Archaeological_and_genetic_data_suggest_Ciscaucasian_origin_for_the_Proto_Bulgarians
Еastern roots of the Madara horseman Chobanov - https://www.academia.edu/44604518/%D0%95astern_roots_of_the_Madara_horseman_Chobanov
THE LEGACY OF SASANIAN IRAN AMONGST THE BULGARIANS ON THE LOWER DANUBE (BG text) - https://www.academia.edu/44902361/%D0%9D%D0%90%D0%A1%D0%9B%D0%95%D0%94%D0%A1%D0%A2%D0%92%D0%9E%D0%A2%D0%9E_%D0%9D%D0%90_%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%94%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%90_%D0%9F%D0%95%D0%A0%D0%A1%D0%98%D0%AF_%D0%A3_%D0%91%D0%AA%D0%9B%D0%93%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%98%D0%A2%D0%95_%D0%9D%D0%90_%D0%94%D0%9E%D0%9B%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%AF_%D0%94%D0%A3%D0%9D%D0%90%D0%92_THE_LEGACY_OF_SASANIAN_IRAN_AMONGST_THE_BULGARIANS_ON_THE_LOWER_DANUBE
On the origin of the Proto-Bulgarians, Rashev Rasho 1992 http://www.kroraina.com/bulgar/rashev.html
Archaeological overview on the formation of Asparukh’s Protobulgarians Todor Chobanov Ph.D.,Ass.prof., Svetoslav Stamov MA, Duke University https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/07/24/687384/DC1/embed/media-1.pdf?download=true
Iranian elements in the Proto-Bulgarians Veselin Beshevliev 1967 (BG text) http://www.protobulgarians.com/Statii%20ot%20drugi%20avtori/Statii%20ot%20drugi%20avtori%20za%20indo-evropeyskiya%20proizhod%20na%20prabaalgarite/V_%20Beshevliev%20-%20Iranski%20elementi%20u%20pyrvobylgarite.htm
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The Bulgar ethnicity is currently unknown and scholars are simply guessing where they came from and what is their origin, therefore you cannot just assume ppl who spoke a certain language what their origins are. So the statement that the Bulgars are turkic nomads is simply not a correct first sentence to describe them in a national wide website. There are no certain proof as I said from any researcher, scholar or anyone that can show the origins of the Bulgars. 95.103.11.6 ( talk) 12:00, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
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https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bulgar
There is the trusted source for current research about being turkic tribe, U have submitted request prior this one and within this one I am attaching the source.
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Dear Editors,
The fact you just have placed an sentence that the Bulgars are Turkic trible as a first sentence which does not explains it is a theory not a fact,have made me think about how YOU use your sources and implement them on Wikipedia. I simply do not agree on the sentence you have submited on this article about Bulgars being Turkic tribe,saying it as it is a fact,while it is just a theory which was agreed on from some of historians and scholars,therefore does not make it real. I insist to have this look thru again since it is missleading,the Bulgars being Turkic tribe is a theory not a fact,just like the other theories of their origins. At the moment there are not a proven fact about their origins. SvetiNikolay ( talk) 13:53, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
Greetings,
I've been reading the discussion page about the Bulgars article and I noticed that editors tend to discredit any sources which are in opposition to the Turkic hypothesis (or in favor of the Sarmatian one) as unreliable purely on the basis that they're from Bulgarian authors. When an editor asks for reliable sources in English, "non-Bulgarian" is always a requirement, which I think implies that contemporary Bulgarian academia are all extreme nationalists who are writing out of "anti-Turkish sentiment", thus making them unreliable or incompetent. I find this completely false (not to mention offensive), for the following reasons:
1.the Sarmatian/Iranian hypothesis exists long before the 90's - Russian historian Nikolai Marr was one of the first to propose a Sarmatian origin of the Bulgars in the early 20th century. Veselin Beshevliev wrote an article Iranian elements in the Proto-Bulgarians way back in 1967, where he concludes that all personal names from the Nominalia of the Bulgarian Khans are of Iranian origin and that this significant cultural influence has to be taken into consideration when determining Bulgar ethnogenesis.
2. the Turkic hypothesis was the official narrative about the Bulgars origin at the time of the Revival process and under Communist regime. So linking the Sarmatian/Iranian hypotheses of the 1990's with "anti-Turkish sentiments" and the Revival process in particular is simply absurd. Yes, there are many fringe theories in post-socialist Bulgaria which are nationalistic myths in their nature, such as the Bactrian hypothesis of P. Dobrev and the autochthonous hypothesis, but they emerge as a result of pluralism after the fall of old regime and cannot be linked to the Revival process when the Turkic theory was dominant.
I would also like to point out something else - when talking about "reliable sources", I think its ridiculous to refer to the Oxford's or some others Dictionary of World history as they are not historical/archeological research, but as dictionaries they themselves refer to previous research done mainly by Bulgarian historians such as Veselin Beshevliev (the first one to identify Bulgar inscriptions as Turkic), Vasil Zlatarski, Vasil Gyuzelev and others. Simply discrediting modern Bulgarian research made by serious academia as "nationalistic myths" or "anti-Turkish sentiments" without looking into the evidence itself is just lazy, anti-scientific and perhaps biased.
So, all that being said, I kindly ask the editors to review the sources below and finally do a fair edit on the Bulgars article as to represent the Scytho-Sarmatian hypothesis equally to the Turkic one. "Turkic semi-nomadic" has to be replaced with just "semi-nomadic". Britannica already edited their entry on the Bulgars in light of recent findings, so there's no reason for Wikipedia not to do the same. The fact that there is still an ongoing debate about the Bulgar origins amongst serious academia should be reason enough to edit the article, so I'm just appalled by the stubbornness of the editors here.
Mitochondrial DNA Suggests a Western Eurasian origin for Ancient (Proto-) Bulgarians - https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/194728109.pdf
Genetic evidence suggests relationship between contemporary Bulgarian population and Iron Age steppe dwellers from Pontic-Caspian steppe - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/687384v3.full
Archaeological and genetic data suggest Ciscaucasian origin for the Proto-Bulgarians https://www.academia.edu/43735252/Archaeological_and_genetic_data_suggest_Ciscaucasian_origin_for_the_Proto_Bulgarians
Еastern roots of the Madara horseman Chobanov - https://www.academia.edu/44604518/%D0%95astern_roots_of_the_Madara_horseman_Chobanov
THE LEGACY OF SASANIAN IRAN AMONGST THE BULGARIANS ON THE LOWER DANUBE (BG text) - https://www.academia.edu/44902361/%D0%9D%D0%90%D0%A1%D0%9B%D0%95%D0%94%D0%A1%D0%A2%D0%92%D0%9E%D0%A2%D0%9E_%D0%9D%D0%90_%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%94%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%90_%D0%9F%D0%95%D0%A0%D0%A1%D0%98%D0%AF_%D0%A3_%D0%91%D0%AA%D0%9B%D0%93%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%98%D0%A2%D0%95_%D0%9D%D0%90_%D0%94%D0%9E%D0%9B%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%AF_%D0%94%D0%A3%D0%9D%D0%90%D0%92_THE_LEGACY_OF_SASANIAN_IRAN_AMONGST_THE_BULGARIANS_ON_THE_LOWER_DANUBE
On the origin of the Proto-Bulgarians, Rashev Rasho 1992 http://www.kroraina.com/bulgar/rashev.html
Archaeological overview on the formation of Asparukh’s Protobulgarians Todor Chobanov Ph.D.,Ass.prof., Svetoslav Stamov MA, Duke University https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/07/24/687384/DC1/embed/media-1.pdf?download=true
Iranian elements in the Proto-Bulgarians Veselin Beshevliev 1967 (BG text) http://www.protobulgarians.com/Statii%20ot%20drugi%20avtori/Statii%20ot%20drugi%20avtori%20za%20indo-evropeyskiya%20proizhod%20na%20prabaalgarite/V_%20Beshevliev%20-%20Iranski%20elementi%20u%20pyrvobylgarite.htm
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The Bulgar ethnicity is currently unknown and scholars are simply guessing where they came from and what is their origin, therefore you cannot just assume ppl who spoke a certain language what their origins are. So the statement that the Bulgars are turkic nomads is simply not a correct first sentence to describe them in a national wide website. There are no certain proof as I said from any researcher, scholar or anyone that can show the origins of the Bulgars. 95.103.11.6 ( talk) 12:00, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
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07:50, 4 August 2021 (UTC)This article said that the "Bulgars absorbed Indo-European, Finno-Ugric and Hunnic tribes".
The "Indo-European" language family is a mere hypothesis, and in this case refers only to Iranians. Finno-Ugric is a linguistic group, and Hunnic is a specific people/language.
It would be the same as saying that "Americans absorbed Nostratic, Celtic and Italians". It is not nescessarily wrong, but it is unnecessarily confusing and can lead to misinterpretations.
JebelAqra ( talk) 05:32, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Dear Editors,
As continuation of "Semi-protected edit request on 11 July 2021 (3)" where the editor wanted clear specification of what to be changed and a reliable sources I would like to provide those with this post. Quote "Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:58, 11 July 2021 (UTC)"
Please change: "The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari,[1] Proto-Bulgarians[2]) were Turkic" to "The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari,[1] Proto-Bulgarians[2]) were Western Eurasian"
As already mentioned many times that the Turkic origin of the Bulgarians is just an old theory from the beginning of 20th century and that there is a lot of new official scientific evidence and as it was requested to provide reliable sources below I'm providing such with explanation.
Sources: 1. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol_preprints/69/ Mitochondrial DNA Suggests a Western Eurasian origin for Ancient (Proto-) Bulgarians Above is an official scientific study published by Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
2. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056779 Y-Chromosome Diversity in Modern Bulgarians: New Clues about Their Ancestry Above is official study published and peer-reviewed based on official international project with main studies performed in Italy, EU.
3. https://www.academia.edu/43735252/Archaeological_and_genetic_data_suggest_Ciscaucasian_origin_for_the_Proto_Bulgarians https://www.academia.edu/39761426/Genetic_evidence_suggests_relationship_between_contemporary_Bulgarian_population_and_Iron_Age_steppe_dwellers_from_Pontic_Caspian_steppe_bioRxiv_preprint_doi_https_doi_org_10_1101_687384 Above are listed official studies performed very recently, published, peer-reviewed and based on projects between Duke University, Harvard and National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
I hope this is more than enough evidence and sources to edit the page according to the recent international scientific studies.
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14:47, 27 August 2021 (UTC)EDIT: Quote "Genetic evidence "suggesting" something in preprint is not enough sourcing to overcome current sourcing and consensus." I have to correct the editor and myself here - the listed papers are not all preprint. Providing explanation and correct links below:
1. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol87/iss1/1/ https://shop.prod.wayne.edu/wsupjournals/wsupjournals/humbiol/human-biology-back-issues/human-biology-volume-87-number-1-winter-2015.html Citation DataHuman Biology, ISSN: 0018-7143, Vol: 87, Issue: 1 Publication Year 2015 This is clearly a published paper.
2. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056779 Published: March 6, 2013 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056779 Peer-reviewed and published too.
3. https://www.academia.edu/43735252/Archaeological_and_genetic_data_suggest_Ciscaucasian_origin_for_the_Proto_Bulgarians Papers of BAS Humanities and Social Sciences Vol. 6, 2019, No. 1 Published paper too.
So now I have provided you with links for the published papers and removed the two links with the preprint. Genetics is also a very precise science with clear and strict results and therefore the provided results and papers cannot be commented or refuted unless proven otherwise by relevant scientific research. Unless you can provide such scientific research stating something else I fully insist of you accepting my request and editing the page.
Ok, I fully agree with you that looking at the talk page it is clear this is contentious. So until a consensus is established I would like to request the following change:
Please change: "The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari,[1] Proto-Bulgarians[2]) were Turkic..." to "The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari,[1] Proto-Bulgarians[2]) were semi-nomadic warrior tribes of disputed origin..." If it is disputed you cannot leave it like that as it is confusing the whole world as you will be providing unconfirmed and disputed information. I think this request is fair for both editors and readers.
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Quote: "Oppose, because this fringe theory is presented in the article." - It is not presented well enough as well as the rest of the main theories in existence (Iranian, Thracian). The text clearly says "Bulgars were Turkic" which is not fair representation and this is not the scientific way. If the topic is disputed as you clearly agree then make it such in reality. One more important thing - because of your apparent refusal to accept other scientific data and opinions and to present them fairly in this site an official signal to the Prosecutor's office of Republic of Bulgaria has been made. What is this? Few people will hold a whole country's history hostage, because they say so. Correct your ways immediately.
Good Afternoon Editors,
I want to question two things on the article and hopefully understood and maybe get fixed.
First is the : Another theory linking the Bulgars to a Turkic people of Inner Asia has been put forward by Boris Simeonov, who identified them with the Pugu (僕骨; buk/buok kwət; Buqut), a Tiele and/or Toquz Oguz tribe. In the source section there is absolutely no evidence of reliable source to back this statement of the Prof. Simeonov. I want to know which of his work/book was used to be implemented in the article and also if its in English , if its a book the ISBN will be appreciated. However I have read his work and his conclusion is slightly different, which does not add anything here because its in his mother language. If no source can be forwarded, I trust the editors to make the necessary changes of that part. Second thing is : The Bulgars spoke a Turkic language, i.e. Bulgar language of Oghuric branch. Based on this source : However the linguistic impact of the Iranian world on the Turkic Bulgars is indisputable. For instance the name of the founder of Danubian Bulgaria was Asparukh, which is old Iranian in origin: "The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe", Hyun Jin Kim, Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 1107009065, p. 68. I believe mentioning Turkic before Bulgar in the sentence is miss leading, since the language have different roots then the Turkic of Oghuric branch. If the Turkic either be moved or removed will be better understanding for the readers since the Bulgar part is a link to the language article and can be read there if reader is interested. I hope you can find time to discuss this with me. Thank you!
Regards Nikolay.rusev ( talk) 11:54, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
@Beshogur, any reason of the revert ? Did you even notice my objections and the reason of the edit? If you have not please provide your statement of defending that part of the article and please consider my objections. Not sure why you reverting without stating anything. Regards Nikolay.rusev ( talk) 11:35, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
To add to this, please Симеонов, Б. Прабългарска ономастика, Пловдив, 2008,( Simeonov , Boris “Prabylgarska Onomastika” , Plovdiv ,2008 ) Is the work of the professor which have different conclusion if you compare it in the article. If you have not read the book or not willing to do so, first you are not following Wikipedia way of work and second you are dishonoring prof Simeonov work by saying that this is his hypothesis. Either change what its said in the article or completely remove because it has no reliable source to back it. Thank you. Regards
Nikolay.rusev ( talk) 12:18, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
I can't understand, why no response if something is being requested on this article
Many things to say regarding this article is that some of the sources are taken credit for,another not and the whole article seems a little bit contradicting with follow up articles. This article begins with clear statement the Bulgars are semi-nomadic turkic people, coming from Central Asia. ( I am not here to dispute origins ) If we follow up with the article to the Origins, we see that the origins of the Bulgars are unclear and not able to be traced prior 4th century AD. This being said, its assumed they are already turkic but first sentence of the article says they are what they are. If we follow up with the Book of Sui , also mentioned in the article : /info/en/?search=Turkic_migration , we can find the following :
The Book of Sui mentions only tribes which were not part a part of the First Turkic Khaganate.[18] There was not a unified expansion of Turkic tribes. Peripheral Turkic peoples in the Göktürk Empire like the Bulgars and even central ones like the Oghuz and Karluks migrated autonomously with migrating traders, soldiers and townspeople.
With that being followed to the turkic migration , it seems like the Bulgars themselves indentified themselves different then the turkic Empire, so they migrated and kept calling themselves differently. Conclusion, The roots and origins of these people were hard to trace prior 4cn AD , they self-indentified themselves differently from the source Book of Sui, but we have clear sentence calling them turkic. Will give an example, if an American indentify himself American, but his roots are from Germany, from the bigger picture, he is german, it doesn't change the fact of his roots with where he lives. It will be similar also if an American with unknown roots (unknown origin) he is american with unknown roots(I am looking for such neutrality in this article) That being said the Bulgars were in a empire where they refused to be in and called the same. I believe thats a quiet enough evidence to clear this article of this sentence. For a neutral reader as me when I followed up the first article, this is not clearly understandable, If the roots of this tribe were unclear and not able to be traced, I believe a more neutral opening of this article should be done. I suggest instead:
X: The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari,[1] Proto-Bulgarians[2]) were Turkic semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian steppe and the Volga region during the 7th century.
Y:The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari,[1] Proto-Bulgarians[2]) were semi-nomadic turkic speaking tribes that flourished in the Pontic Caspian steppe and the Volga region during the 7th century. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikolay.rusev ( talk • contribs) 11:49, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I have made a few changes but there are a lot of other mistakes, I hope someone reads more on the subject and continues improving the article without a political bias. There are so many sources on the subject from foreign and Bulgarian scientists. If someone is interested, he/she may start from these scientific works. There is a lot of political bias on the subject which attracts a lot of factual mistakes and intolerability to change opinions according to the new research that has been done on the subject.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3590186/
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/687384v3
Please, someone make the rest of the changes using the latest data and research and not outdated and disproved theories. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Careful information ( talk • contribs) 17:24, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
WP:FRINGE. Not worthy to reply. Out of mainstream view. Beshogur ( talk) 19:27, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
@Careful information, preprint sources shouldn't be cited until peer reviewed and published; Avant-garde Research of Ancient Bulgarians doesn't seem like a reliable journal and Yavor Shopov graduated (astro)physics while Todor Chobanov graduated archaeology, both aren't experts on population genetics. Will highlight the most important sentence from Shopov's 2021 book: "Regretfully no DNA data from rich Protobulgarian graves is available at present (for examplethe Kabiuk grave circa 700) and we could not check the existing theories that there were various ethnicities amongst the elite (Turks, Ugrians, Sarmatians), but future research should address this issue". However, will check the genetics section and maybe something can be added there.-- Miki Filigranski ( talk) 15:51, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
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Bulgarian historians believe that the ancient Bulgarians spoke a language that is from a different group compared to today's Bulgarian. Some researchers attribute the speech of our ancestors to the Turkic languages, and others to the Iranian ones. None of the two groups of specialists explain the mystery: Why is there not a single Turkic or Iranian word in the entire Old Bulgarian equestrian terminology?
Neither кон - horse nor кобила, жребец, седло, юзда, стреме, лък, тулъ (колчан), стрела, тетива, острие, яздя, ездач - mare, stallion, saddle, bridle, stirrup, bow, quiver, arrow, string, blade, ride, rider, etc. do not belong to the Turkic or Iranian linguistic wealth. On the other hand, in the Thracian onomastics we find Kone, Kobilatus, tula-, Uzdika, Asdul, Ezdikaya, etc., but this apparently does not affect anyone. It is as if there is a taboo that any connection between the old Bulgarians and the local Balkan population should be avoided. Even if we did not have the Thracian words indicating that the Bulgarian equestrian terminology is of Balkan origin, the scholars were well aware of what a serious problem the complete lack of Iranian or Turkic terms was, and of course this was not shared either with the students or with the general public . 73.211.25.167 ( talk) 21:19, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
In Russia , it is considered by some linguists that Oghur (ogur) from the Turkic word: ökü+z - w+ogu+r - b+uqa - bulls (oghuz<chuvash<kipchak<english). Among the Greeks, this form was mentioned in the forms: "onogundur" and "hunugundur". From Chinese "gundur" this 公牛 - gōng niú - Bull. Hun gōng niú - ten bulls! The very first mention of the Bulgarians was at the beginning of the 3rd century and appear in Chinese chronicles in the form: "the five parts of xiongnu" (hunnu, huns), when General Cao Cao (died 216) of the Wei Empire ruled. Bull ancient times, the Turks had a totemic animal personifying power and strength, from him the Turks have the title bogatyr, which means knight and translates as a strong bull.
Comparison with Turkic languages In the VIII—X centuries in Central Asia, the ancient Turkic script (the Orkhon-Yenisei runic script) was used for writing in Turkic languages. Turkic epitaphs of VII-IX AD were left by speakers of various dialects (table): Often in the Chuvash language, the Turkic sounds -j- (oghuz), -d- (uighur), -z- (kipchak) are replaced by -r- (oghur), example rotacism: Words in the Turkic languages: leg, put- j - language (Oguz): ajaq, qoj- d - language (Uyghur): adaq, qod- z - language (Kypchak): azaq, qoz- r - language (Oghur): urah, hor- Often in the Chuvash language, the Turkic sound -q- is replaced by -h-, example hitaism : Words in Turkic languages: black, goose, girl, zucchini Oghuz, kipchaks: qara, qaz, qyz, qabaq Oghur: hora, hor, hĕr, hopah The -h- sound disappears and disappears if it is the last letter . Dudaq - Tota - Lips instead of Totah Ayaq - Ora - Leg instead of Orah Baliq - Polă - Fish instead of Polăh Ineq - Ĕne - Cow instead of Ĕneh Turkic sound -j- (oguz) and -ž- (kipchaks) is replaced by chuvash -ş-, example: Words in Turkic languages: egg, snake, rain, house, earth Oghuz: jumurta, jylan, jagmur, jort, jez (turk., azerb., tat.,) Kipchaks: žumurtka, žylan, žamgyr, žort, žer (kyrgyz., kazakh.) Oghur: şămarta, şĕlen, şămăr, şort, şĕr The Turkic sound -š- is replaced by the Chuvash -L-, example lambdaism: Words in Turkic languages: winter, silver, sun Oghuz, Kipchaks: qyš, qemeš, qoyaš Oghur: hĕl, qӗmӗl, hĕvel In the field of vowels, we observe the following correspondences: the common Turkic -a- in the first syllable of the word in Chuvash correspond to -o-. Words in Turkic languages: horse, coin, head, step Oghuz, Kipchaks: at, akça, baš, adym Oghur: ot, okşa, poş, otăm In the field of vowels, G. F. Miller observes another example when -u- is replaced by -wo- or -wă- Words in Turkic languages: fire, ten, forest, russian, he, thirty, bull Kipchaks: оt, оn, оrman, orus, ol, оtyz, buqa Oghur: wot, won, wărman, wyrăs, wăl, wătăr, wogur Oghuz: ut, un, urman, urus, ul, utyz, öküz Oghur (dialects): wut, wun, wărman, wyrăs, wăl, wătăr, wăgăr The fricative -g- in some words in Chuvash corresponds to -v- Words in Turkic languages: native, mountain Oghuz: tugan, dag Oghur: tăvan, tov
The word Oghur (ogur) is translated as bull. In the modern Chuvash language it has the form of both a "Wogur" (riding dialect) and "Wăgăr" (grassroots dialect). By analogy with the ethnonym Oguz, where the word "öküz" is translated from Turkish and Azerbaijani as bull. OghuZ = OghuR = Bull (rhotacism) Z -> R. Other ethnonyms such as Utigurs, Kutrigurs,Hungarians and Bulgars also originate from Oghur (ogur). The name Ut(r)igur, recorded as Οὺτ(τ)ρίγουροι, Οὺτούργουροι and Οὺτρίγου, is generally considered as a metathesized form suggested by Gyula Németh of Turkic *Otur-Oğur, thus the *Uturğur mean "Thirty Oğurs (tribes)". Golden, Peter B. (2011). Studies on the Peoples and Cultures of the Eurasian Steppes.
Ut(r)igur - *Otur-Oğur - *Uturğur mean "Thirty Oğurs (tribes)"
Kutrigurs - kutri oghur - Kotrag tribes (From the Chuvash language , the name Kotrag means curly) Kotrag was according to Nikephoros I of Constantinople a son of Kubrat of the Dulo clan of Bulgars. The Chronicle of Michael the Great calls him Kazarig. Following the death of his father, he began to extend the influence of his Bulgars to the Volga River. He is remembered as the founder of Volga Bulgaria. Khan Kotrag, the leader of the Kutrigurs, came to the Volga and founded Volga Bulgaria, where there were five Ogur tribes: Kutrigurs, Suvars, Askil, Barsil and Barangar. Ibn Fadlan's notes say that the prince of Suvar was Virag.
Saragurs — Sara oghur - white oghur tribe
Onogurs - Hungarians - hun oghur - ten oghur tribes: On ogur (lat. Ungari, gr. Οὑγγρικός, Οὖγγροι, fre. hongroi(s), rus.wenger, belorus.wugorac, sl. vogr, pol. węgier, węgrzyn, lit.veñgras)
Bulgars - bul oghur - five oghur tribes: Bul ogur (gr. Βούλγαροι)
The word "five" in the Volga Bulgarian language is found on the epitaph of the Volga Bulgarians in the text as: "tarikha şeti şur byul şol" — "the length of the seven hundred and fifth year" — where the بول "bul" is "five". Nowadays, in the modern Chuvash language, which is a continuation of the Volga Bulgarian language, the word five is still written as "pil", unlike the typically Turkic "bish", this is due to Chuvash Lambdaism: SH -> L (qyš - hĕl, qemeš - qӗmӗl, qoyaš - hĕvel). The tribes of the Bulgars are often mentioned in the chronicles: Kutrigurs, Suvar, Аskil, Bersula and Barangar. Among the Greeks, this form was mentioned in the forms: "onogundur" and "hunugundur". From Chinese "gundur" this 公牛 - gōng niú - Bull. Hun gōng niú - ten bulls! The very first mention of the Bulgarians was at the beginning of the 3rd century and appear in Chinese chronicles in the form: "the five parts of xiongnu" (hunnu, huns), when General Cao Cao (died 216) of the Wei Empire ruled. The etymology of the ethnonym Bulgar was given more than a hundred years ago by the Hungarian linguist Munkachi Bernat: Bulgar — "five Ugrians". We remind you that Hungarians call themselves Magyars. Bull ancient times, the Turks had a totemic animal personifying power and strength, from him the Turks have the title bogatyr, which means knight and translates as a strong bull. Here are the Turkic words: turk. Boğa, tat. Bug, alt. Buka, orekh-yeniseisk Buqa, chuv. Wăgăr, bulg. Oghur. In some non-Turkic languages , the root of this word is the same: byk (Rus.), bike (Hungarian), boq (oset.), boqe (Persian). The word Bogatyr " is also known in the forms: bahadur, bator, batyr (batyr), batur, bootur, bahadir, pattar, Mong. bayatur, et al.-Turk. bagatur — hero, brave warrior — an honorary title among the Mongolian and Turkic peoples for military services, attached to the name (for example, Subedei-bagatur, Yesugei-bagatur) — "hero", "valiant warrior".
Grousset thought that the Kutrigurs were remnants of the Huns, Procopius recounts: in the old days many Huns, called then Cimmerians, inhabited the lands I mentioned already. They all had a single king. Once one of their kings had two sons: one called Utigur and another called Kutrigur. After their father's death they shared the power and gave their names to the subjected peoples, so that even nowadays some of them are called Utigurs and the others - Kutrigurs.
They occupied the Tanaitic-Maeotic (Don-Azov) steppe zone, the Kutrigurs in the Western part and the Utrigurs towards the East. This story was also confirmed by the words of the Utigur ruler Sandilch: It is neither fair nor decent to exterminate our tribesmen (the Kutrigurs), who not only speak a language, identical to ours, who are our neighbours and have the same dressing and manners of life, but who are also our relatives, even though subjected to other lords". The outstanding Russian historian, ethnographer and geographer of the XVII century V.N. Tatishchev in his "History of Russia" states: "Down the Volga River, the Chuvash, ancient Bulgarians, filled the entire county of Kazan and Simbirsk!" He also noted; "Down the Kama lived Bilyars, or Bulgarians, and Cholmats (the name of the Kama River in Chuvash)... now the remnants of their Chuvash, of which there are enough down the Volga", "The Bulgarian peoples of the Chuvash who left"; "the Bulgarians of the Volga predicate the same language with the Hungarians and the Danube Bulgarians from the same who came." He also wrote: "Their own name (Bulgar), according to Karpin, is seen as Bylers (Püleres), the Tatars call them "Buller". These Bulgarians were divided in two by the Russians: upper and lower." The Chuvash have a division into Upper (Viryal) and Lower (Anatri). It was only in 1863 that the Tatar scientist Huseyn Feyzkhanov solved the mysteries of the Bulgarian epitaphs and wrote "Three Bulgarian Tombstone Inscriptions", in which he presented to the scientific community the results of deciphering the Bulgarian epitaphs in Chuvash words. That is, Tatishchev at that time did not even know about this fact with the Bulgarian monuments, and H. Feyzkhanov only confirmed this fact about 200 years after Tatishchev's death. To date, many world linguists have unequivocally proved that the Chuvash language is a continuation of the Bulgarian-Ogur language. 90% of the epitaphs found on the territory of Volga Bulgaria and about 400 of them are written in the Oghur-Chuvash language. 176.52.111.23 ( talk) 00:45, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
From informative standpoint, this article is so distorted, I think it's close to useless. How much of it is conjecture, and how much - hard data? The problem, by the way, I would have to disappoint you, is not the grammar or formatting (!), but the material in its entirety. The core hypotheses or theories carry clear signs of powerful geopolitical and cultural agendas since the times of the Ottoman empire. They may be interesting as a window to evolution of historical thought, but that's it. Improvement would be a text of smaller volume, containing the honest "We don't know" approach for this subject. You must rely on the multiple lines of inquiry of Bulgarian science, as the foundational sorce for this article. Nothing else can make it worth reading!
Final side note. Should an ethnic and confessional descriptor with modern (and archaic too!) narrow meaning ("Turk"), be overgeneralized for convenience, to retroactively cover a different ethnonym, that pre-dated its first appearance in historical record?
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Thank you for this discussion, it’s vital for this page. It’s an article about the Bulgars, not the Turkic people in general. MiltenR ( talk) 15:13, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
Genetic studies without participation of Bulgarian researchers, i.e. whose conclusions aren't written by Bulgarians are clear: Western Turkic peoples sampled across West Eurasia shared an excess of long chromosomal tracts that are identical by descent (IBD) with populations from present-day South Siberia and Mongolia (SSM), an area where historians center a series of early Turkic and non-Turkic steppe polities. Also: Our results provide support for a rapid long-distance trans-Eurasian migration of Avar-period elites. These individuals carried Northeast Asian ancestry matching the profile of preceding Mongolian Steppe populations, particularly a genome available from the Rouran period. Some of the later elite individuals carried an additional non-local ancestry component broadly matching the steppe, which could point to a later migration or reflect greater genetic diversity within the initial migrant population. These citations are from 2015 complex study called The Genetic Legacy of the Expansion of Turkic-Speaking Nomads Across Eurasia by Bayazit Yunusbayev et al, published in PLOS Genetics doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005068 and from 2022 study called Ancient genomes reveal origin and rapid trans-Eurasian migration of 7th century Avar elites by Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone et al, doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.03.007. Also this conclusion about modern Bulgarians' East Asian admixture: Science, 14 February 2014, Vol. 343 no. 6172, p. 751, A Genetic Atlas of Human Admixture History, Garrett Hellenthal at al.: "CIs. for the admixture time(s) overlap but predate the Mongol empire, with estimates from 440 to 1080 CE (Fig.3.) In each population, one source group has at least some ancestry related to Northeast Asians, with ~2 to 4% of these groups total ancestry linking directly to East Asia. This signal might correspond to a small genetic legacy from invasions of peoples from the Asian steppes (e.g., the Huns, Magyars, and Bulgars) during the first millennium CE." Thanks Jingiby ( talk) 09:57, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
Those are latest genetic research of samples of Bulgars. You should consider it. Its concluded by an international team, but the nationality of the scientists is without any relevance, really, I don’t understand this way of thinking, there is no logic in what are you saying. MiltenR ( talk) 15:19, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
The article is full of original research, unverified content and unbalanced views. Next to this, there are multiple issues with this article, in part by a large amount of OFF-TOPIC paragraphs and semi-relevant content which seems to have been copy pasted into this article. Some arguments, such as Hunno-Bulgar languages, are Wikipedia:Fringe theories, without any academic support, see the talk discussion there. The "theory was created by the user VolgaBulgari and is nothing more than POV. Refer to the talk and the involved users. [3]
Furthermore, the concensus is that the language is not exactly known, with the Bulgars being a confederation of tribes including a ruling class with various Turkic and Iranian components, not solely Turkic. Did anyone verified these arguments here? Last but not least, the article structure is anything from encyclopedic. I will inform the Wikipedia:Quality control. Orange172212 ( talk) 12:01, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
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The Bulgars are not a Turkic tribe.
"...a shared paternal ancestry between proto Bulgarians and Altaic and Central Asian Turkic-speaking groups either did not exist or was negligible."
- Karachanak, Sena, et al. “Y-Chromosome Diversity in Modern Bulgarians: New Clues about Their Ancestry.” PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, 6 Mar. 2013, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/citation?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056779. 149.62.208.8 ( talk) 13:53, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
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I would remove
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Per WP:SEEALSO, i removed an entry that is already in the the article. If an editor wants to go against this, that is fine, make a case here and gain consensus for going against norms and I will re add it. thank you. Malerooster ( talk) 14:44, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
1. Carl Waldman - musician
2. Vasil Gyuzelev - Bulgarian communist
4. Peter Golden - turkic origin
7. Kevin Alan Brook - business administrator
IS THIS ARTICLE A BAD JOKE ??? 2A02:8084:8183:980:E9EF:BE92:AC71:FFB3 ( talk) 21:17, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
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Change "An image depicting Kurbat (in center), ruler of Bulgars." to "An image depicting Kubrat (in center), ruler of Bulgars."
Kubrat is misspelled as "Kurbat" FreeMarket77 ( talk) 05:26, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
The Great Yuezhi entered Europe together with the Huns and in the beginning they were called with their old name Massagetae. [4] For example St Jerome tells us about the Great Hun raid of 395-6 into Armenia and Syria that " swarms of Huns and monstrous Massagetae filled the whole earth with slaughter". [5] However the Huns, not the Massagetae attacked the Alans, who threw themselves upon the Goths. [6] After the collapse of the Hun Empire and the lost of the Battle of Nedao in 455, the Huns and Massagetae, now called with the name Bulgars, retreated to their "inner" territory on the river Dnieper ( Ukraine) where they reorganized on a smaller scale. [7] [8]
The results of the research on the origin of Bulgars lead to one particular region in Middle Asia - the lower and middle reaches of the Syr Darya. After the second century AD the Sarmatian culture on the lower reaches of the Volga underwent significant changes. New features uncharacteristic for the previous period appeared: artificial deformation of the skulls, narrow burial pits and pits with a niche, cut into one of the walls. These features are also found in later Bulgar necropoles. The northern orientation of the burials is typical for the burial practices of the Huns and of part of the Yuezhi. The Huns, Bulgars and part of the Yuezhi share some common burial practices as the narrow burial pits, pits with a niche and the northern orientation of the burials. [9]
Edwin G. Pulleyblank, Yury Zuev and some modern Bulgarian scholars identify the Bulgar Utigurs [10] as one of the tribes of the Yuezhi. [11] [12] [13] According to Edwin G. Pulleyblank and Yury Zuev the Utigurs of Menander are Uti, and the word Uti was a real proto-type of a transcription Yuezhi < Uechji < ngiwat-tie < uti.
Kidar Bulgars involved in the Hunnic migrations into Europe were identified with Kidarites by David Marshall Lang. [14] According to the Chinese sources Kidarites originated from the Yuezhi. [15] [16] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8084:8183:980:B103:39A7:FE81:1A2D ( talk)
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The Turkic origin is just alleged. 37.63.96.248 ( talk) 12:04, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
Their one of in is highly debated. https://europe-nations.estudosculturais.com/pdf/0116i.pdf MiltenR ( talk) 21:47, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
In this highly disputes article and topic, lets just stick to non contradictory information, please. Take actions. MiltenR ( talk) 21:50, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
All unsourced information to be deleted, please. This is what should be done according to Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Please! MiltenR ( talk) 21:57, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Stop pushing Bulgarian nationalist fringe views. According to Raymond Detrez, who is an expert in Bulgarian history, the Iranian hypothesis is rooted in the periods of anti-Turkish sentiment in Bulgaria and is ideologically motivated. [1] Since 1989, anti-Turkish rhetoric is now reflected in the theories that challenge the thesis of the proto-Bulgars' Turkic origin. Alongside the Iranian or Aryan theory, there appeared arguments favoring an autochthonous origin. [2] According to other authors:
Anti-Turkish rhetoric is now reflected in the theories that challenge the thesis of Turkic origin of the Bulgars. Alongside the ‘Iranian’ or ‘Aryan’ theory, there appeared arguments favouring an autochthonous origin. The ‘parahistoric’ theories, very often politically loaded and have almost nothing to do with objective scientific research in the field of Proto-Bulgarian Studies, could be summarized in several directions:...3)‘Aryan roots’ and the ‘enigmatic Eurasian homeland’. Meanwhile, another group of authors is looking eagerly for the supposed homeland of the ancient Bulgarians in the vast areas of Eurasia, perhaps by conscious or unconscious opposition to the pro-Western orientation of modern Bulgaria. At the same time, with little regard for consistency, they also oppose the Turkic theory, probably because this is in sharp contradiction with the anti-Turkish feelings shared by nationalistic circles. [2]
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"thus forming the ancestors of modern Bulgarians."
should be changed to
"thus forming a very small part of the ancestors of modern Bulgarians. [1]"
The Bulgars are a small part of the ancestors of the Bulgarians as approximately 2.3% of Bulgarian genes originate in Central Asia, eventually corresponding to tribes such as the Bulgars, with admixture peaking in the 9th century CE; [2] 130.204.61.225 ( talk) 19:55, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
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This article is highly debated and disputed and the template Disputed should be present, without any doubt. MiltenR ( talk) 22:19, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bulgar Source 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20201129054031/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/194728109.pdf
"Although many scholars, including linguists, had posited that the Bulgars were derived from a Turkic tribe of Central Asia (perhaps with Iranian elements), modern genetic research points to an affiliation with western Eurasian and European populations."
Redact From: The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari, Proto-Bulgarians) were Turkic semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian steppe and the Volga region during the 5th-7th century. They became known as nomadic equestrians in the Volga-Ural region, but some researchers believe that their ethnic roots can be traced to Central Asia.
Redact To: The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari, Proto-Bulgarians) were western Eurasian semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian steppe and the Volga region during the 5th-7th century. They became known as nomadic equestrians in the Volga-Ural region. Scholars used to believe that their ethnic roots were traced to Turkic tribes and Central Asia until modern genetic studies revealed their affiliation with European populations. Mitko28 ( talk) 12:08, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
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This photo in language is unrelated and mistakenly put I believe. There is nothing written on it also.
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A user by the name of Beshogur edited the Wikipedia for the ancient nomadic peoples the Bulgars
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgars
Bulgars are seen as the historical ancestors who gave birth to the ethnic Genesis of the Bulgarian people
There is a long debate on their origins if they were Turkic, Iranic, or of other origins and as these debates rage the account know as Beshogur edited the page with malicious nationalist intentions
It used to say “not to be confused with Bulgarians” but now it says “not to be confused with Bulgarian turks”
He intentionally edited this page to put his thumb in the eye of Bulgarian history and to appropriate it as Turkish
Truth is the average ethnic Turkish person is not even 10-20% of Turkic heritage
By adding “not to be confused with Bulgarian turks” it undermines Bulgarian history and heritage in a big way
Just look at this persons account
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Beshogur
It doesn’t take much digging to see this person is a Turkish nationalist set on twisting history
I deeply encourage Wikipedia to return it to “not to be confused with Bulgarians” and removed “Bulgarian turks” from the top banner
This is an insurance to Bulgarian history and heritage
I do not blame Wikipedia however this one bad egg deserves his moderator status revoked immediately!!! He is abusing for nationalistic purposes !!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ss84325 ( talk • contribs) 06:06, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
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This guy Beshogur is a real vandal and Turkic nationalist, this is clear. Tries to keep page filled with inaccuracies, unsubstantiated claims. The article is not Bulgar oriented, but Turkic people oriented. MiltenR ( talk) 15:58, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
Greetings,
I've been reading the discussion page about the Bulgars article and I noticed that editors tend to discredit any sources which are in opposition to the Turkic hypothesis (or in favor of the Sarmatian one) as unreliable purely on the basis that they're from Bulgarian authors. When an editor asks for reliable sources in English, "non-Bulgarian" is always a requirement, which I think implies that contemporary Bulgarian academia are all extreme nationalists who are writing out of "anti-Turkish sentiment", thus making them unreliable or incompetent. I find this completely false (not to mention offensive), for the following reasons:
1.the Sarmatian/Iranian hypothesis exists long before the 90's - Russian historian Nikolai Marr was one of the first to propose a Sarmatian origin of the Bulgars in the early 20th century. Veselin Beshevliev wrote an article Iranian elements in the Proto-Bulgarians way back in 1967, where he concludes that all personal names from the Nominalia of the Bulgarian Khans are of Iranian origin and that this significant cultural influence has to be taken into consideration when determining Bulgar ethnogenesis.
2. the Turkic hypothesis was the official narrative about the Bulgars origin at the time of the Revival process and under Communist regime. So linking the Sarmatian/Iranian hypotheses of the 1990's with "anti-Turkish sentiments" and the Revival process in particular is simply absurd. Yes, there are many fringe theories in post-socialist Bulgaria which are nationalistic myths in their nature, such as the Bactrian hypothesis of P. Dobrev and the autochthonous hypothesis, but they emerge as a result of pluralism after the fall of old regime and cannot be linked to the Revival process when the Turkic theory was dominant.
I would also like to point out something else - when talking about "reliable sources", I think its ridiculous to refer to the Oxford's or some others Dictionary of World history as they are not historical/archeological research, but as dictionaries they themselves refer to previous research done mainly by Bulgarian historians such as Veselin Beshevliev (the first one to identify Bulgar inscriptions as Turkic), Vasil Zlatarski, Vasil Gyuzelev and others. Simply discrediting modern Bulgarian research made by serious academia as "nationalistic myths" or "anti-Turkish sentiments" without looking into the evidence itself is just lazy, anti-scientific and perhaps biased.
So, all that being said, I kindly ask the editors to review the sources below and finally do a fair edit on the Bulgars article as to represent the Scytho-Sarmatian hypothesis equally to the Turkic one. "Turkic semi-nomadic" has to be replaced with just "semi-nomadic". Britannica already edited their entry on the Bulgars in light of recent findings, so there's no reason for Wikipedia not to do the same. The fact that there is still an ongoing debate about the Bulgar origins amongst serious academia should be reason enough to edit the article, so I'm just appalled by the stubbornness of the editors here.
Mitochondrial DNA Suggests a Western Eurasian origin for Ancient (Proto-) Bulgarians - https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/194728109.pdf
Genetic evidence suggests relationship between contemporary Bulgarian population and Iron Age steppe dwellers from Pontic-Caspian steppe - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/687384v3.full
Archaeological and genetic data suggest Ciscaucasian origin for the Proto-Bulgarians https://www.academia.edu/43735252/Archaeological_and_genetic_data_suggest_Ciscaucasian_origin_for_the_Proto_Bulgarians
Еastern roots of the Madara horseman Chobanov - https://www.academia.edu/44604518/%D0%95astern_roots_of_the_Madara_horseman_Chobanov
THE LEGACY OF SASANIAN IRAN AMONGST THE BULGARIANS ON THE LOWER DANUBE (BG text) - https://www.academia.edu/44902361/%D0%9D%D0%90%D0%A1%D0%9B%D0%95%D0%94%D0%A1%D0%A2%D0%92%D0%9E%D0%A2%D0%9E_%D0%9D%D0%90_%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%94%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%90_%D0%9F%D0%95%D0%A0%D0%A1%D0%98%D0%AF_%D0%A3_%D0%91%D0%AA%D0%9B%D0%93%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%98%D0%A2%D0%95_%D0%9D%D0%90_%D0%94%D0%9E%D0%9B%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%AF_%D0%94%D0%A3%D0%9D%D0%90%D0%92_THE_LEGACY_OF_SASANIAN_IRAN_AMONGST_THE_BULGARIANS_ON_THE_LOWER_DANUBE
On the origin of the Proto-Bulgarians, Rashev Rasho 1992 http://www.kroraina.com/bulgar/rashev.html
Archaeological overview on the formation of Asparukh’s Protobulgarians Todor Chobanov Ph.D.,Ass.prof., Svetoslav Stamov MA, Duke University https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/07/24/687384/DC1/embed/media-1.pdf?download=true
Iranian elements in the Proto-Bulgarians Veselin Beshevliev 1967 (BG text) http://www.protobulgarians.com/Statii%20ot%20drugi%20avtori/Statii%20ot%20drugi%20avtori%20za%20indo-evropeyskiya%20proizhod%20na%20prabaalgarite/V_%20Beshevliev%20-%20Iranski%20elementi%20u%20pyrvobylgarite.htm
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The Bulgar ethnicity is currently unknown and scholars are simply guessing where they came from and what is their origin, therefore you cannot just assume ppl who spoke a certain language what their origins are. So the statement that the Bulgars are turkic nomads is simply not a correct first sentence to describe them in a national wide website. There are no certain proof as I said from any researcher, scholar or anyone that can show the origins of the Bulgars. 95.103.11.6 ( talk) 12:00, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
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There is the trusted source for current research about being turkic tribe, U have submitted request prior this one and within this one I am attaching the source.
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Dear Editors,
The fact you just have placed an sentence that the Bulgars are Turkic trible as a first sentence which does not explains it is a theory not a fact,have made me think about how YOU use your sources and implement them on Wikipedia. I simply do not agree on the sentence you have submited on this article about Bulgars being Turkic tribe,saying it as it is a fact,while it is just a theory which was agreed on from some of historians and scholars,therefore does not make it real. I insist to have this look thru again since it is missleading,the Bulgars being Turkic tribe is a theory not a fact,just like the other theories of their origins. At the moment there are not a proven fact about their origins. SvetiNikolay ( talk) 13:53, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
Greetings,
I've been reading the discussion page about the Bulgars article and I noticed that editors tend to discredit any sources which are in opposition to the Turkic hypothesis (or in favor of the Sarmatian one) as unreliable purely on the basis that they're from Bulgarian authors. When an editor asks for reliable sources in English, "non-Bulgarian" is always a requirement, which I think implies that contemporary Bulgarian academia are all extreme nationalists who are writing out of "anti-Turkish sentiment", thus making them unreliable or incompetent. I find this completely false (not to mention offensive), for the following reasons:
1.the Sarmatian/Iranian hypothesis exists long before the 90's - Russian historian Nikolai Marr was one of the first to propose a Sarmatian origin of the Bulgars in the early 20th century. Veselin Beshevliev wrote an article Iranian elements in the Proto-Bulgarians way back in 1967, where he concludes that all personal names from the Nominalia of the Bulgarian Khans are of Iranian origin and that this significant cultural influence has to be taken into consideration when determining Bulgar ethnogenesis.
2. the Turkic hypothesis was the official narrative about the Bulgars origin at the time of the Revival process and under Communist regime. So linking the Sarmatian/Iranian hypotheses of the 1990's with "anti-Turkish sentiments" and the Revival process in particular is simply absurd. Yes, there are many fringe theories in post-socialist Bulgaria which are nationalistic myths in their nature, such as the Bactrian hypothesis of P. Dobrev and the autochthonous hypothesis, but they emerge as a result of pluralism after the fall of old regime and cannot be linked to the Revival process when the Turkic theory was dominant.
I would also like to point out something else - when talking about "reliable sources", I think its ridiculous to refer to the Oxford's or some others Dictionary of World history as they are not historical/archeological research, but as dictionaries they themselves refer to previous research done mainly by Bulgarian historians such as Veselin Beshevliev (the first one to identify Bulgar inscriptions as Turkic), Vasil Zlatarski, Vasil Gyuzelev and others. Simply discrediting modern Bulgarian research made by serious academia as "nationalistic myths" or "anti-Turkish sentiments" without looking into the evidence itself is just lazy, anti-scientific and perhaps biased.
So, all that being said, I kindly ask the editors to review the sources below and finally do a fair edit on the Bulgars article as to represent the Scytho-Sarmatian hypothesis equally to the Turkic one. "Turkic semi-nomadic" has to be replaced with just "semi-nomadic". Britannica already edited their entry on the Bulgars in light of recent findings, so there's no reason for Wikipedia not to do the same. The fact that there is still an ongoing debate about the Bulgar origins amongst serious academia should be reason enough to edit the article, so I'm just appalled by the stubbornness of the editors here.
Mitochondrial DNA Suggests a Western Eurasian origin for Ancient (Proto-) Bulgarians - https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/194728109.pdf
Genetic evidence suggests relationship between contemporary Bulgarian population and Iron Age steppe dwellers from Pontic-Caspian steppe - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/687384v3.full
Archaeological and genetic data suggest Ciscaucasian origin for the Proto-Bulgarians https://www.academia.edu/43735252/Archaeological_and_genetic_data_suggest_Ciscaucasian_origin_for_the_Proto_Bulgarians
Еastern roots of the Madara horseman Chobanov - https://www.academia.edu/44604518/%D0%95astern_roots_of_the_Madara_horseman_Chobanov
THE LEGACY OF SASANIAN IRAN AMONGST THE BULGARIANS ON THE LOWER DANUBE (BG text) - https://www.academia.edu/44902361/%D0%9D%D0%90%D0%A1%D0%9B%D0%95%D0%94%D0%A1%D0%A2%D0%92%D0%9E%D0%A2%D0%9E_%D0%9D%D0%90_%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%94%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%90_%D0%9F%D0%95%D0%A0%D0%A1%D0%98%D0%AF_%D0%A3_%D0%91%D0%AA%D0%9B%D0%93%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%98%D0%A2%D0%95_%D0%9D%D0%90_%D0%94%D0%9E%D0%9B%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%AF_%D0%94%D0%A3%D0%9D%D0%90%D0%92_THE_LEGACY_OF_SASANIAN_IRAN_AMONGST_THE_BULGARIANS_ON_THE_LOWER_DANUBE
On the origin of the Proto-Bulgarians, Rashev Rasho 1992 http://www.kroraina.com/bulgar/rashev.html
Archaeological overview on the formation of Asparukh’s Protobulgarians Todor Chobanov Ph.D.,Ass.prof., Svetoslav Stamov MA, Duke University https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/07/24/687384/DC1/embed/media-1.pdf?download=true
Iranian elements in the Proto-Bulgarians Veselin Beshevliev 1967 (BG text) http://www.protobulgarians.com/Statii%20ot%20drugi%20avtori/Statii%20ot%20drugi%20avtori%20za%20indo-evropeyskiya%20proizhod%20na%20prabaalgarite/V_%20Beshevliev%20-%20Iranski%20elementi%20u%20pyrvobylgarite.htm
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The Bulgar ethnicity is currently unknown and scholars are simply guessing where they came from and what is their origin, therefore you cannot just assume ppl who spoke a certain language what their origins are. So the statement that the Bulgars are turkic nomads is simply not a correct first sentence to describe them in a national wide website. There are no certain proof as I said from any researcher, scholar or anyone that can show the origins of the Bulgars. 95.103.11.6 ( talk) 12:00, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
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07:50, 4 August 2021 (UTC)This article said that the "Bulgars absorbed Indo-European, Finno-Ugric and Hunnic tribes".
The "Indo-European" language family is a mere hypothesis, and in this case refers only to Iranians. Finno-Ugric is a linguistic group, and Hunnic is a specific people/language.
It would be the same as saying that "Americans absorbed Nostratic, Celtic and Italians". It is not nescessarily wrong, but it is unnecessarily confusing and can lead to misinterpretations.
JebelAqra ( talk) 05:32, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
Dear Editors,
As continuation of "Semi-protected edit request on 11 July 2021 (3)" where the editor wanted clear specification of what to be changed and a reliable sources I would like to provide those with this post. Quote "Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:58, 11 July 2021 (UTC)"
Please change: "The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari,[1] Proto-Bulgarians[2]) were Turkic" to "The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari,[1] Proto-Bulgarians[2]) were Western Eurasian"
As already mentioned many times that the Turkic origin of the Bulgarians is just an old theory from the beginning of 20th century and that there is a lot of new official scientific evidence and as it was requested to provide reliable sources below I'm providing such with explanation.
Sources: 1. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol_preprints/69/ Mitochondrial DNA Suggests a Western Eurasian origin for Ancient (Proto-) Bulgarians Above is an official scientific study published by Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
2. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056779 Y-Chromosome Diversity in Modern Bulgarians: New Clues about Their Ancestry Above is official study published and peer-reviewed based on official international project with main studies performed in Italy, EU.
3. https://www.academia.edu/43735252/Archaeological_and_genetic_data_suggest_Ciscaucasian_origin_for_the_Proto_Bulgarians https://www.academia.edu/39761426/Genetic_evidence_suggests_relationship_between_contemporary_Bulgarian_population_and_Iron_Age_steppe_dwellers_from_Pontic_Caspian_steppe_bioRxiv_preprint_doi_https_doi_org_10_1101_687384 Above are listed official studies performed very recently, published, peer-reviewed and based on projects between Duke University, Harvard and National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
I hope this is more than enough evidence and sources to edit the page according to the recent international scientific studies.
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14:47, 27 August 2021 (UTC)EDIT: Quote "Genetic evidence "suggesting" something in preprint is not enough sourcing to overcome current sourcing and consensus." I have to correct the editor and myself here - the listed papers are not all preprint. Providing explanation and correct links below:
1. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol87/iss1/1/ https://shop.prod.wayne.edu/wsupjournals/wsupjournals/humbiol/human-biology-back-issues/human-biology-volume-87-number-1-winter-2015.html Citation DataHuman Biology, ISSN: 0018-7143, Vol: 87, Issue: 1 Publication Year 2015 This is clearly a published paper.
2. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056779 Published: March 6, 2013 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056779 Peer-reviewed and published too.
3. https://www.academia.edu/43735252/Archaeological_and_genetic_data_suggest_Ciscaucasian_origin_for_the_Proto_Bulgarians Papers of BAS Humanities and Social Sciences Vol. 6, 2019, No. 1 Published paper too.
So now I have provided you with links for the published papers and removed the two links with the preprint. Genetics is also a very precise science with clear and strict results and therefore the provided results and papers cannot be commented or refuted unless proven otherwise by relevant scientific research. Unless you can provide such scientific research stating something else I fully insist of you accepting my request and editing the page.
Ok, I fully agree with you that looking at the talk page it is clear this is contentious. So until a consensus is established I would like to request the following change:
Please change: "The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari,[1] Proto-Bulgarians[2]) were Turkic..." to "The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari,[1] Proto-Bulgarians[2]) were semi-nomadic warrior tribes of disputed origin..." If it is disputed you cannot leave it like that as it is confusing the whole world as you will be providing unconfirmed and disputed information. I think this request is fair for both editors and readers.
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Quote: "Oppose, because this fringe theory is presented in the article." - It is not presented well enough as well as the rest of the main theories in existence (Iranian, Thracian). The text clearly says "Bulgars were Turkic" which is not fair representation and this is not the scientific way. If the topic is disputed as you clearly agree then make it such in reality. One more important thing - because of your apparent refusal to accept other scientific data and opinions and to present them fairly in this site an official signal to the Prosecutor's office of Republic of Bulgaria has been made. What is this? Few people will hold a whole country's history hostage, because they say so. Correct your ways immediately.
Good Afternoon Editors,
I want to question two things on the article and hopefully understood and maybe get fixed.
First is the : Another theory linking the Bulgars to a Turkic people of Inner Asia has been put forward by Boris Simeonov, who identified them with the Pugu (僕骨; buk/buok kwət; Buqut), a Tiele and/or Toquz Oguz tribe. In the source section there is absolutely no evidence of reliable source to back this statement of the Prof. Simeonov. I want to know which of his work/book was used to be implemented in the article and also if its in English , if its a book the ISBN will be appreciated. However I have read his work and his conclusion is slightly different, which does not add anything here because its in his mother language. If no source can be forwarded, I trust the editors to make the necessary changes of that part. Second thing is : The Bulgars spoke a Turkic language, i.e. Bulgar language of Oghuric branch. Based on this source : However the linguistic impact of the Iranian world on the Turkic Bulgars is indisputable. For instance the name of the founder of Danubian Bulgaria was Asparukh, which is old Iranian in origin: "The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe", Hyun Jin Kim, Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 1107009065, p. 68. I believe mentioning Turkic before Bulgar in the sentence is miss leading, since the language have different roots then the Turkic of Oghuric branch. If the Turkic either be moved or removed will be better understanding for the readers since the Bulgar part is a link to the language article and can be read there if reader is interested. I hope you can find time to discuss this with me. Thank you!
Regards Nikolay.rusev ( talk) 11:54, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
@Beshogur, any reason of the revert ? Did you even notice my objections and the reason of the edit? If you have not please provide your statement of defending that part of the article and please consider my objections. Not sure why you reverting without stating anything. Regards Nikolay.rusev ( talk) 11:35, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
To add to this, please Симеонов, Б. Прабългарска ономастика, Пловдив, 2008,( Simeonov , Boris “Prabylgarska Onomastika” , Plovdiv ,2008 ) Is the work of the professor which have different conclusion if you compare it in the article. If you have not read the book or not willing to do so, first you are not following Wikipedia way of work and second you are dishonoring prof Simeonov work by saying that this is his hypothesis. Either change what its said in the article or completely remove because it has no reliable source to back it. Thank you. Regards
Nikolay.rusev ( talk) 12:18, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
I can't understand, why no response if something is being requested on this article
Many things to say regarding this article is that some of the sources are taken credit for,another not and the whole article seems a little bit contradicting with follow up articles. This article begins with clear statement the Bulgars are semi-nomadic turkic people, coming from Central Asia. ( I am not here to dispute origins ) If we follow up with the article to the Origins, we see that the origins of the Bulgars are unclear and not able to be traced prior 4th century AD. This being said, its assumed they are already turkic but first sentence of the article says they are what they are. If we follow up with the Book of Sui , also mentioned in the article : /info/en/?search=Turkic_migration , we can find the following :
The Book of Sui mentions only tribes which were not part a part of the First Turkic Khaganate.[18] There was not a unified expansion of Turkic tribes. Peripheral Turkic peoples in the Göktürk Empire like the Bulgars and even central ones like the Oghuz and Karluks migrated autonomously with migrating traders, soldiers and townspeople.
With that being followed to the turkic migration , it seems like the Bulgars themselves indentified themselves different then the turkic Empire, so they migrated and kept calling themselves differently. Conclusion, The roots and origins of these people were hard to trace prior 4cn AD , they self-indentified themselves differently from the source Book of Sui, but we have clear sentence calling them turkic. Will give an example, if an American indentify himself American, but his roots are from Germany, from the bigger picture, he is german, it doesn't change the fact of his roots with where he lives. It will be similar also if an American with unknown roots (unknown origin) he is american with unknown roots(I am looking for such neutrality in this article) That being said the Bulgars were in a empire where they refused to be in and called the same. I believe thats a quiet enough evidence to clear this article of this sentence. For a neutral reader as me when I followed up the first article, this is not clearly understandable, If the roots of this tribe were unclear and not able to be traced, I believe a more neutral opening of this article should be done. I suggest instead:
X: The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari,[1] Proto-Bulgarians[2]) were Turkic semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian steppe and the Volga region during the 7th century.
Y:The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari,[1] Proto-Bulgarians[2]) were semi-nomadic turkic speaking tribes that flourished in the Pontic Caspian steppe and the Volga region during the 7th century. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikolay.rusev ( talk • contribs) 11:49, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I have made a few changes but there are a lot of other mistakes, I hope someone reads more on the subject and continues improving the article without a political bias. There are so many sources on the subject from foreign and Bulgarian scientists. If someone is interested, he/she may start from these scientific works. There is a lot of political bias on the subject which attracts a lot of factual mistakes and intolerability to change opinions according to the new research that has been done on the subject.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3590186/
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/687384v3
Please, someone make the rest of the changes using the latest data and research and not outdated and disproved theories. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Careful information ( talk • contribs) 17:24, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
WP:FRINGE. Not worthy to reply. Out of mainstream view. Beshogur ( talk) 19:27, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
@Careful information, preprint sources shouldn't be cited until peer reviewed and published; Avant-garde Research of Ancient Bulgarians doesn't seem like a reliable journal and Yavor Shopov graduated (astro)physics while Todor Chobanov graduated archaeology, both aren't experts on population genetics. Will highlight the most important sentence from Shopov's 2021 book: "Regretfully no DNA data from rich Protobulgarian graves is available at present (for examplethe Kabiuk grave circa 700) and we could not check the existing theories that there were various ethnicities amongst the elite (Turks, Ugrians, Sarmatians), but future research should address this issue". However, will check the genetics section and maybe something can be added there.-- Miki Filigranski ( talk) 15:51, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
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Bulgarian historians believe that the ancient Bulgarians spoke a language that is from a different group compared to today's Bulgarian. Some researchers attribute the speech of our ancestors to the Turkic languages, and others to the Iranian ones. None of the two groups of specialists explain the mystery: Why is there not a single Turkic or Iranian word in the entire Old Bulgarian equestrian terminology?
Neither кон - horse nor кобила, жребец, седло, юзда, стреме, лък, тулъ (колчан), стрела, тетива, острие, яздя, ездач - mare, stallion, saddle, bridle, stirrup, bow, quiver, arrow, string, blade, ride, rider, etc. do not belong to the Turkic or Iranian linguistic wealth. On the other hand, in the Thracian onomastics we find Kone, Kobilatus, tula-, Uzdika, Asdul, Ezdikaya, etc., but this apparently does not affect anyone. It is as if there is a taboo that any connection between the old Bulgarians and the local Balkan population should be avoided. Even if we did not have the Thracian words indicating that the Bulgarian equestrian terminology is of Balkan origin, the scholars were well aware of what a serious problem the complete lack of Iranian or Turkic terms was, and of course this was not shared either with the students or with the general public . 73.211.25.167 ( talk) 21:19, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
In Russia , it is considered by some linguists that Oghur (ogur) from the Turkic word: ökü+z - w+ogu+r - b+uqa - bulls (oghuz<chuvash<kipchak<english). Among the Greeks, this form was mentioned in the forms: "onogundur" and "hunugundur". From Chinese "gundur" this 公牛 - gōng niú - Bull. Hun gōng niú - ten bulls! The very first mention of the Bulgarians was at the beginning of the 3rd century and appear in Chinese chronicles in the form: "the five parts of xiongnu" (hunnu, huns), when General Cao Cao (died 216) of the Wei Empire ruled. Bull ancient times, the Turks had a totemic animal personifying power and strength, from him the Turks have the title bogatyr, which means knight and translates as a strong bull.
Comparison with Turkic languages In the VIII—X centuries in Central Asia, the ancient Turkic script (the Orkhon-Yenisei runic script) was used for writing in Turkic languages. Turkic epitaphs of VII-IX AD were left by speakers of various dialects (table): Often in the Chuvash language, the Turkic sounds -j- (oghuz), -d- (uighur), -z- (kipchak) are replaced by -r- (oghur), example rotacism: Words in the Turkic languages: leg, put- j - language (Oguz): ajaq, qoj- d - language (Uyghur): adaq, qod- z - language (Kypchak): azaq, qoz- r - language (Oghur): urah, hor- Often in the Chuvash language, the Turkic sound -q- is replaced by -h-, example hitaism : Words in Turkic languages: black, goose, girl, zucchini Oghuz, kipchaks: qara, qaz, qyz, qabaq Oghur: hora, hor, hĕr, hopah The -h- sound disappears and disappears if it is the last letter . Dudaq - Tota - Lips instead of Totah Ayaq - Ora - Leg instead of Orah Baliq - Polă - Fish instead of Polăh Ineq - Ĕne - Cow instead of Ĕneh Turkic sound -j- (oguz) and -ž- (kipchaks) is replaced by chuvash -ş-, example: Words in Turkic languages: egg, snake, rain, house, earth Oghuz: jumurta, jylan, jagmur, jort, jez (turk., azerb., tat.,) Kipchaks: žumurtka, žylan, žamgyr, žort, žer (kyrgyz., kazakh.) Oghur: şămarta, şĕlen, şămăr, şort, şĕr The Turkic sound -š- is replaced by the Chuvash -L-, example lambdaism: Words in Turkic languages: winter, silver, sun Oghuz, Kipchaks: qyš, qemeš, qoyaš Oghur: hĕl, qӗmӗl, hĕvel In the field of vowels, we observe the following correspondences: the common Turkic -a- in the first syllable of the word in Chuvash correspond to -o-. Words in Turkic languages: horse, coin, head, step Oghuz, Kipchaks: at, akça, baš, adym Oghur: ot, okşa, poş, otăm In the field of vowels, G. F. Miller observes another example when -u- is replaced by -wo- or -wă- Words in Turkic languages: fire, ten, forest, russian, he, thirty, bull Kipchaks: оt, оn, оrman, orus, ol, оtyz, buqa Oghur: wot, won, wărman, wyrăs, wăl, wătăr, wogur Oghuz: ut, un, urman, urus, ul, utyz, öküz Oghur (dialects): wut, wun, wărman, wyrăs, wăl, wătăr, wăgăr The fricative -g- in some words in Chuvash corresponds to -v- Words in Turkic languages: native, mountain Oghuz: tugan, dag Oghur: tăvan, tov
The word Oghur (ogur) is translated as bull. In the modern Chuvash language it has the form of both a "Wogur" (riding dialect) and "Wăgăr" (grassroots dialect). By analogy with the ethnonym Oguz, where the word "öküz" is translated from Turkish and Azerbaijani as bull. OghuZ = OghuR = Bull (rhotacism) Z -> R. Other ethnonyms such as Utigurs, Kutrigurs,Hungarians and Bulgars also originate from Oghur (ogur). The name Ut(r)igur, recorded as Οὺτ(τ)ρίγουροι, Οὺτούργουροι and Οὺτρίγου, is generally considered as a metathesized form suggested by Gyula Németh of Turkic *Otur-Oğur, thus the *Uturğur mean "Thirty Oğurs (tribes)". Golden, Peter B. (2011). Studies on the Peoples and Cultures of the Eurasian Steppes.
Ut(r)igur - *Otur-Oğur - *Uturğur mean "Thirty Oğurs (tribes)"
Kutrigurs - kutri oghur - Kotrag tribes (From the Chuvash language , the name Kotrag means curly) Kotrag was according to Nikephoros I of Constantinople a son of Kubrat of the Dulo clan of Bulgars. The Chronicle of Michael the Great calls him Kazarig. Following the death of his father, he began to extend the influence of his Bulgars to the Volga River. He is remembered as the founder of Volga Bulgaria. Khan Kotrag, the leader of the Kutrigurs, came to the Volga and founded Volga Bulgaria, where there were five Ogur tribes: Kutrigurs, Suvars, Askil, Barsil and Barangar. Ibn Fadlan's notes say that the prince of Suvar was Virag.
Saragurs — Sara oghur - white oghur tribe
Onogurs - Hungarians - hun oghur - ten oghur tribes: On ogur (lat. Ungari, gr. Οὑγγρικός, Οὖγγροι, fre. hongroi(s), rus.wenger, belorus.wugorac, sl. vogr, pol. węgier, węgrzyn, lit.veñgras)
Bulgars - bul oghur - five oghur tribes: Bul ogur (gr. Βούλγαροι)
The word "five" in the Volga Bulgarian language is found on the epitaph of the Volga Bulgarians in the text as: "tarikha şeti şur byul şol" — "the length of the seven hundred and fifth year" — where the بول "bul" is "five". Nowadays, in the modern Chuvash language, which is a continuation of the Volga Bulgarian language, the word five is still written as "pil", unlike the typically Turkic "bish", this is due to Chuvash Lambdaism: SH -> L (qyš - hĕl, qemeš - qӗmӗl, qoyaš - hĕvel). The tribes of the Bulgars are often mentioned in the chronicles: Kutrigurs, Suvar, Аskil, Bersula and Barangar. Among the Greeks, this form was mentioned in the forms: "onogundur" and "hunugundur". From Chinese "gundur" this 公牛 - gōng niú - Bull. Hun gōng niú - ten bulls! The very first mention of the Bulgarians was at the beginning of the 3rd century and appear in Chinese chronicles in the form: "the five parts of xiongnu" (hunnu, huns), when General Cao Cao (died 216) of the Wei Empire ruled. The etymology of the ethnonym Bulgar was given more than a hundred years ago by the Hungarian linguist Munkachi Bernat: Bulgar — "five Ugrians". We remind you that Hungarians call themselves Magyars. Bull ancient times, the Turks had a totemic animal personifying power and strength, from him the Turks have the title bogatyr, which means knight and translates as a strong bull. Here are the Turkic words: turk. Boğa, tat. Bug, alt. Buka, orekh-yeniseisk Buqa, chuv. Wăgăr, bulg. Oghur. In some non-Turkic languages , the root of this word is the same: byk (Rus.), bike (Hungarian), boq (oset.), boqe (Persian). The word Bogatyr " is also known in the forms: bahadur, bator, batyr (batyr), batur, bootur, bahadir, pattar, Mong. bayatur, et al.-Turk. bagatur — hero, brave warrior — an honorary title among the Mongolian and Turkic peoples for military services, attached to the name (for example, Subedei-bagatur, Yesugei-bagatur) — "hero", "valiant warrior".
Grousset thought that the Kutrigurs were remnants of the Huns, Procopius recounts: in the old days many Huns, called then Cimmerians, inhabited the lands I mentioned already. They all had a single king. Once one of their kings had two sons: one called Utigur and another called Kutrigur. After their father's death they shared the power and gave their names to the subjected peoples, so that even nowadays some of them are called Utigurs and the others - Kutrigurs.
They occupied the Tanaitic-Maeotic (Don-Azov) steppe zone, the Kutrigurs in the Western part and the Utrigurs towards the East. This story was also confirmed by the words of the Utigur ruler Sandilch: It is neither fair nor decent to exterminate our tribesmen (the Kutrigurs), who not only speak a language, identical to ours, who are our neighbours and have the same dressing and manners of life, but who are also our relatives, even though subjected to other lords". The outstanding Russian historian, ethnographer and geographer of the XVII century V.N. Tatishchev in his "History of Russia" states: "Down the Volga River, the Chuvash, ancient Bulgarians, filled the entire county of Kazan and Simbirsk!" He also noted; "Down the Kama lived Bilyars, or Bulgarians, and Cholmats (the name of the Kama River in Chuvash)... now the remnants of their Chuvash, of which there are enough down the Volga", "The Bulgarian peoples of the Chuvash who left"; "the Bulgarians of the Volga predicate the same language with the Hungarians and the Danube Bulgarians from the same who came." He also wrote: "Their own name (Bulgar), according to Karpin, is seen as Bylers (Püleres), the Tatars call them "Buller". These Bulgarians were divided in two by the Russians: upper and lower." The Chuvash have a division into Upper (Viryal) and Lower (Anatri). It was only in 1863 that the Tatar scientist Huseyn Feyzkhanov solved the mysteries of the Bulgarian epitaphs and wrote "Three Bulgarian Tombstone Inscriptions", in which he presented to the scientific community the results of deciphering the Bulgarian epitaphs in Chuvash words. That is, Tatishchev at that time did not even know about this fact with the Bulgarian monuments, and H. Feyzkhanov only confirmed this fact about 200 years after Tatishchev's death. To date, many world linguists have unequivocally proved that the Chuvash language is a continuation of the Bulgarian-Ogur language. 90% of the epitaphs found on the territory of Volga Bulgaria and about 400 of them are written in the Oghur-Chuvash language. 176.52.111.23 ( talk) 00:45, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
From informative standpoint, this article is so distorted, I think it's close to useless. How much of it is conjecture, and how much - hard data? The problem, by the way, I would have to disappoint you, is not the grammar or formatting (!), but the material in its entirety. The core hypotheses or theories carry clear signs of powerful geopolitical and cultural agendas since the times of the Ottoman empire. They may be interesting as a window to evolution of historical thought, but that's it. Improvement would be a text of smaller volume, containing the honest "We don't know" approach for this subject. You must rely on the multiple lines of inquiry of Bulgarian science, as the foundational sorce for this article. Nothing else can make it worth reading!
Final side note. Should an ethnic and confessional descriptor with modern (and archaic too!) narrow meaning ("Turk"), be overgeneralized for convenience, to retroactively cover a different ethnonym, that pre-dated its first appearance in historical record?
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Thank you for this discussion, it’s vital for this page. It’s an article about the Bulgars, not the Turkic people in general. MiltenR ( talk) 15:13, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
Genetic studies without participation of Bulgarian researchers, i.e. whose conclusions aren't written by Bulgarians are clear: Western Turkic peoples sampled across West Eurasia shared an excess of long chromosomal tracts that are identical by descent (IBD) with populations from present-day South Siberia and Mongolia (SSM), an area where historians center a series of early Turkic and non-Turkic steppe polities. Also: Our results provide support for a rapid long-distance trans-Eurasian migration of Avar-period elites. These individuals carried Northeast Asian ancestry matching the profile of preceding Mongolian Steppe populations, particularly a genome available from the Rouran period. Some of the later elite individuals carried an additional non-local ancestry component broadly matching the steppe, which could point to a later migration or reflect greater genetic diversity within the initial migrant population. These citations are from 2015 complex study called The Genetic Legacy of the Expansion of Turkic-Speaking Nomads Across Eurasia by Bayazit Yunusbayev et al, published in PLOS Genetics doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005068 and from 2022 study called Ancient genomes reveal origin and rapid trans-Eurasian migration of 7th century Avar elites by Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone et al, doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.03.007. Also this conclusion about modern Bulgarians' East Asian admixture: Science, 14 February 2014, Vol. 343 no. 6172, p. 751, A Genetic Atlas of Human Admixture History, Garrett Hellenthal at al.: "CIs. for the admixture time(s) overlap but predate the Mongol empire, with estimates from 440 to 1080 CE (Fig.3.) In each population, one source group has at least some ancestry related to Northeast Asians, with ~2 to 4% of these groups total ancestry linking directly to East Asia. This signal might correspond to a small genetic legacy from invasions of peoples from the Asian steppes (e.g., the Huns, Magyars, and Bulgars) during the first millennium CE." Thanks Jingiby ( talk) 09:57, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
Those are latest genetic research of samples of Bulgars. You should consider it. Its concluded by an international team, but the nationality of the scientists is without any relevance, really, I don’t understand this way of thinking, there is no logic in what are you saying. MiltenR ( talk) 15:19, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
The article is full of original research, unverified content and unbalanced views. Next to this, there are multiple issues with this article, in part by a large amount of OFF-TOPIC paragraphs and semi-relevant content which seems to have been copy pasted into this article. Some arguments, such as Hunno-Bulgar languages, are Wikipedia:Fringe theories, without any academic support, see the talk discussion there. The "theory was created by the user VolgaBulgari and is nothing more than POV. Refer to the talk and the involved users. [3]
Furthermore, the concensus is that the language is not exactly known, with the Bulgars being a confederation of tribes including a ruling class with various Turkic and Iranian components, not solely Turkic. Did anyone verified these arguments here? Last but not least, the article structure is anything from encyclopedic. I will inform the Wikipedia:Quality control. Orange172212 ( talk) 12:01, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
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The Bulgars are not a Turkic tribe.
"...a shared paternal ancestry between proto Bulgarians and Altaic and Central Asian Turkic-speaking groups either did not exist or was negligible."
- Karachanak, Sena, et al. “Y-Chromosome Diversity in Modern Bulgarians: New Clues about Their Ancestry.” PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, 6 Mar. 2013, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/citation?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056779. 149.62.208.8 ( talk) 13:53, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
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I would remove
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Per WP:SEEALSO, i removed an entry that is already in the the article. If an editor wants to go against this, that is fine, make a case here and gain consensus for going against norms and I will re add it. thank you. Malerooster ( talk) 14:44, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
1. Carl Waldman - musician
2. Vasil Gyuzelev - Bulgarian communist
4. Peter Golden - turkic origin
7. Kevin Alan Brook - business administrator
IS THIS ARTICLE A BAD JOKE ??? 2A02:8084:8183:980:E9EF:BE92:AC71:FFB3 ( talk) 21:17, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
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Change "An image depicting Kurbat (in center), ruler of Bulgars." to "An image depicting Kubrat (in center), ruler of Bulgars."
Kubrat is misspelled as "Kurbat" FreeMarket77 ( talk) 05:26, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
The Great Yuezhi entered Europe together with the Huns and in the beginning they were called with their old name Massagetae. [4] For example St Jerome tells us about the Great Hun raid of 395-6 into Armenia and Syria that " swarms of Huns and monstrous Massagetae filled the whole earth with slaughter". [5] However the Huns, not the Massagetae attacked the Alans, who threw themselves upon the Goths. [6] After the collapse of the Hun Empire and the lost of the Battle of Nedao in 455, the Huns and Massagetae, now called with the name Bulgars, retreated to their "inner" territory on the river Dnieper ( Ukraine) where they reorganized on a smaller scale. [7] [8]
The results of the research on the origin of Bulgars lead to one particular region in Middle Asia - the lower and middle reaches of the Syr Darya. After the second century AD the Sarmatian culture on the lower reaches of the Volga underwent significant changes. New features uncharacteristic for the previous period appeared: artificial deformation of the skulls, narrow burial pits and pits with a niche, cut into one of the walls. These features are also found in later Bulgar necropoles. The northern orientation of the burials is typical for the burial practices of the Huns and of part of the Yuezhi. The Huns, Bulgars and part of the Yuezhi share some common burial practices as the narrow burial pits, pits with a niche and the northern orientation of the burials. [9]
Edwin G. Pulleyblank, Yury Zuev and some modern Bulgarian scholars identify the Bulgar Utigurs [10] as one of the tribes of the Yuezhi. [11] [12] [13] According to Edwin G. Pulleyblank and Yury Zuev the Utigurs of Menander are Uti, and the word Uti was a real proto-type of a transcription Yuezhi < Uechji < ngiwat-tie < uti.
Kidar Bulgars involved in the Hunnic migrations into Europe were identified with Kidarites by David Marshall Lang. [14] According to the Chinese sources Kidarites originated from the Yuezhi. [15] [16] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8084:8183:980:B103:39A7:FE81:1A2D ( talk)
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The Turkic origin is just alleged. 37.63.96.248 ( talk) 12:04, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
Their one of in is highly debated. https://europe-nations.estudosculturais.com/pdf/0116i.pdf MiltenR ( talk) 21:47, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
In this highly disputes article and topic, lets just stick to non contradictory information, please. Take actions. MiltenR ( talk) 21:50, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
All unsourced information to be deleted, please. This is what should be done according to Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Please! MiltenR ( talk) 21:57, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Stop pushing Bulgarian nationalist fringe views. According to Raymond Detrez, who is an expert in Bulgarian history, the Iranian hypothesis is rooted in the periods of anti-Turkish sentiment in Bulgaria and is ideologically motivated. [1] Since 1989, anti-Turkish rhetoric is now reflected in the theories that challenge the thesis of the proto-Bulgars' Turkic origin. Alongside the Iranian or Aryan theory, there appeared arguments favoring an autochthonous origin. [2] According to other authors:
Anti-Turkish rhetoric is now reflected in the theories that challenge the thesis of Turkic origin of the Bulgars. Alongside the ‘Iranian’ or ‘Aryan’ theory, there appeared arguments favouring an autochthonous origin. The ‘parahistoric’ theories, very often politically loaded and have almost nothing to do with objective scientific research in the field of Proto-Bulgarian Studies, could be summarized in several directions:...3)‘Aryan roots’ and the ‘enigmatic Eurasian homeland’. Meanwhile, another group of authors is looking eagerly for the supposed homeland of the ancient Bulgarians in the vast areas of Eurasia, perhaps by conscious or unconscious opposition to the pro-Western orientation of modern Bulgaria. At the same time, with little regard for consistency, they also oppose the Turkic theory, probably because this is in sharp contradiction with the anti-Turkish feelings shared by nationalistic circles. [2]
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"thus forming the ancestors of modern Bulgarians."
should be changed to
"thus forming a very small part of the ancestors of modern Bulgarians. [1]"
The Bulgars are a small part of the ancestors of the Bulgarians as approximately 2.3% of Bulgarian genes originate in Central Asia, eventually corresponding to tribes such as the Bulgars, with admixture peaking in the 9th century CE; [2] 130.204.61.225 ( talk) 19:55, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
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This article is highly debated and disputed and the template Disputed should be present, without any doubt. MiltenR ( talk) 22:19, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bulgar Source 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20201129054031/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/194728109.pdf
"Although many scholars, including linguists, had posited that the Bulgars were derived from a Turkic tribe of Central Asia (perhaps with Iranian elements), modern genetic research points to an affiliation with western Eurasian and European populations."
Redact From: The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari, Proto-Bulgarians) were Turkic semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian steppe and the Volga region during the 5th-7th century. They became known as nomadic equestrians in the Volga-Ural region, but some researchers believe that their ethnic roots can be traced to Central Asia.
Redact To: The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari, Proto-Bulgarians) were western Eurasian semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian steppe and the Volga region during the 5th-7th century. They became known as nomadic equestrians in the Volga-Ural region. Scholars used to believe that their ethnic roots were traced to Turkic tribes and Central Asia until modern genetic studies revealed their affiliation with European populations. Mitko28 ( talk) 12:08, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
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This photo in language is unrelated and mistakenly put I believe. There is nothing written on it also.
2A02:FF0:3316:B630:58D7:7CBC:9A1E:E8F5 ( talk) 22:04, 3 April 2024 (UTC)